Kurtis McCathern
@kurtismcc.bsky.social
Husband to @othesharon.bsky.social. Dad. Christian. Engineer. Currently at Magic Soup Games, Previously at Blizzard. Owner of expressed opinions. He/him. Black lives matter. pfp by Eric Browning
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Hi, I'm Kurtis. Late to game dev: started at 35. Barreling towards 50. Most of my career as server engineer on World of Warcraft, but done other things - last 21 months or so at Magic Soup Games working on [redacted].
Probably a 3d printing stan account for a while.
Hi, I'm Kurtis. Late to game dev: started at 35. Barreling towards 50. Most of my career as server engineer on World of Warcraft, but done other things - last 21 months or so at Magic Soup Games working on [redacted].
Probably a 3d printing stan account for a while.
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Help. So my youngest missed the white Keyon the corpse near the First Shrine. Don’t worry, the internet says, you can buy it off the vendor when you unlock her.
How do you unlock her? Double jump up into the Memoriam.
How do you get double jump? Use the clawline.
Clawline? White key.
Help.
How do you unlock her? Double jump up into the Memoriam.
How do you get double jump? Use the clawline.
Clawline? White key.
Help.
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Help. So my youngest missed the white Keyon the corpse near the First Shrine. Don’t worry, the internet says, you can buy it off the vendor when you unlock her.
How do you unlock her? Double jump up into the Memoriam.
How do you get double jump? Use the clawline.
Clawline? White key.
Help.
How do you unlock her? Double jump up into the Memoriam.
How do you get double jump? Use the clawline.
Clawline? White key.
Help.
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i suspect there’s some truth to this and also why we should be EXTREMELY skeptical that senate dems as currently constituted would ditch the filibuster should they ever have a trifecta again
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
i suspect there’s some truth to this and also why we should be EXTREMELY skeptical that senate dems as currently constituted would ditch the filibuster should they ever have a trifecta again
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Yeah, but that was before air travel was in trouble and the senators were personally affected, see
if they were going to cave anyway they should’ve done it a week ago to spare SNAP recipients the agony.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Yeah, but that was before air travel was in trouble and the senators were personally affected, see
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Proud of myself? You bet I am.
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Proud of myself? You bet I am.
That vote on ACA subsidies is gonna include restructuring that the GOP can pitch to their base and donors as a win.
The RIF thing sounds interesting, but I’m not sure that moved the needle.
Really feel like this was “people wanna go home for Thanksgiving - we gotta blow up the filibuster.”
The RIF thing sounds interesting, but I’m not sure that moved the needle.
Really feel like this was “people wanna go home for Thanksgiving - we gotta blow up the filibuster.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
That vote on ACA subsidies is gonna include restructuring that the GOP can pitch to their base and donors as a win.
The RIF thing sounds interesting, but I’m not sure that moved the needle.
Really feel like this was “people wanna go home for Thanksgiving - we gotta blow up the filibuster.”
The RIF thing sounds interesting, but I’m not sure that moved the needle.
Really feel like this was “people wanna go home for Thanksgiving - we gotta blow up the filibuster.”
You don’t suddenly get this kind of pressure to deal unless something changed.
It was last Tuesday, so what was it?
My guess? They actually threatened to follow through on blowing up the filibuster.
It’s a bluff - but that’s the play.
Be sure to say “don’t cave to try to save the filibuster.”
It was last Tuesday, so what was it?
My guess? They actually threatened to follow through on blowing up the filibuster.
It’s a bluff - but that’s the play.
Be sure to say “don’t cave to try to save the filibuster.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 AM
You don’t suddenly get this kind of pressure to deal unless something changed.
It was last Tuesday, so what was it?
My guess? They actually threatened to follow through on blowing up the filibuster.
It’s a bluff - but that’s the play.
Be sure to say “don’t cave to try to save the filibuster.”
It was last Tuesday, so what was it?
My guess? They actually threatened to follow through on blowing up the filibuster.
It’s a bluff - but that’s the play.
Be sure to say “don’t cave to try to save the filibuster.”
My pastor this morning - “When faith props up power it ceases to be good news.”
November 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My pastor this morning - “When faith props up power it ceases to be good news.”
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“individual employees asked to change behavior in response to catastrophic mistakes made by their high-level leadership over the past 3-7 years” really feels like the overarching story of the current times
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
“individual employees asked to change behavior in response to catastrophic mistakes made by their high-level leadership over the past 3-7 years” really feels like the overarching story of the current times
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So after a couple of weeks of using Claude Code - I think it’s very good at some things, mediocre at most, and a little dangerous if you don’t understand some of how it works.
I’m really at a bit of a moral quandary here. Long thread incoming. Spicy topic, so block button readied.
I’m really at a bit of a moral quandary here. Long thread incoming. Spicy topic, so block button readied.
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So after a couple of weeks of using Claude Code - I think it’s very good at some things, mediocre at most, and a little dangerous if you don’t understand some of how it works.
I’m really at a bit of a moral quandary here. Long thread incoming. Spicy topic, so block button readied.
I’m really at a bit of a moral quandary here. Long thread incoming. Spicy topic, so block button readied.
This whole thread is great! I put about half of this in my "How to Talk Good" talk about how to give talks.
Especially the part about reading your slides.
Embrace modern presentation tricks. Ignore old speech hacks who could count on audience attention being longer than a Tiktok.
Especially the part about reading your slides.
Embrace modern presentation tricks. Ignore old speech hacks who could count on audience attention being longer than a Tiktok.
one of my coworkers once asked me how i made good slideshows. i have two main rules:
1. content is king
2. readability is queen
everything in your slideshow should be content or improve readability, and readability is attention engineering.
some (opinionated) practical tips based on those rules:
1. content is king
2. readability is queen
everything in your slideshow should be content or improve readability, and readability is attention engineering.
some (opinionated) practical tips based on those rules:
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This whole thread is great! I put about half of this in my "How to Talk Good" talk about how to give talks.
Especially the part about reading your slides.
Embrace modern presentation tricks. Ignore old speech hacks who could count on audience attention being longer than a Tiktok.
Especially the part about reading your slides.
Embrace modern presentation tricks. Ignore old speech hacks who could count on audience attention being longer than a Tiktok.
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Small note: it's a plagiarism machine whether or not the training data is legally obtained. Right now it's a plagiarism machine powered by massive-scale theft.
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Small note: it's a plagiarism machine whether or not the training data is legally obtained. Right now it's a plagiarism machine powered by massive-scale theft.
So after a couple of weeks of using Claude Code - I think it’s very good at some things, mediocre at most, and a little dangerous if you don’t understand some of how it works.
I’m really at a bit of a moral quandary here. Long thread incoming. Spicy topic, so block button readied.
I’m really at a bit of a moral quandary here. Long thread incoming. Spicy topic, so block button readied.
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So after a couple of weeks of using Claude Code - I think it’s very good at some things, mediocre at most, and a little dangerous if you don’t understand some of how it works.
I’m really at a bit of a moral quandary here. Long thread incoming. Spicy topic, so block button readied.
I’m really at a bit of a moral quandary here. Long thread incoming. Spicy topic, so block button readied.
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Uncles are always getting roasted on here and I'm tired of it. The only misinformation I tell my nephew is that he's good at drumming and his mother loves snakes.
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Uncles are always getting roasted on here and I'm tired of it. The only misinformation I tell my nephew is that he's good at drumming and his mother loves snakes.
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Retopology is probably not the proper starting place for learning Blender but here I am. Does anyone have a tutorial they'd recommend?
The 3D scanning to 3D printing pipeline is far more complex than I'd expected. It looks like I'm learning Blender whether I want to or not in order to make scans into usable .stl files.
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Retopology is probably not the proper starting place for learning Blender but here I am. Does anyone have a tutorial they'd recommend?
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So for all the "AI is the wave of the future" trying to get a model installed onto an Orange Pi 5 Pro is turning out to be a nightmare of little quirks.
The python ecosystem is such a mess that they have a way to build virtual python environments to avoid collisions? That's... something.
The python ecosystem is such a mess that they have a way to build virtual python environments to avoid collisions? That's... something.
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 AM
So for all the "AI is the wave of the future" trying to get a model installed onto an Orange Pi 5 Pro is turning out to be a nightmare of little quirks.
The python ecosystem is such a mess that they have a way to build virtual python environments to avoid collisions? That's... something.
The python ecosystem is such a mess that they have a way to build virtual python environments to avoid collisions? That's... something.
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I’ve had a lot of fun in my life telling Youths who were too young to remember it about the time Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face, which might be a fun treat for you too today if you know any teenagers
the part where the guy who got shot had to apologize to Cheney is the 2000s in a nutshell
the part where the guy who got shot had to apologize to Cheney is the 2000s in a nutshell
November 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I’ve had a lot of fun in my life telling Youths who were too young to remember it about the time Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face, which might be a fun treat for you too today if you know any teenagers
the part where the guy who got shot had to apologize to Cheney is the 2000s in a nutshell
the part where the guy who got shot had to apologize to Cheney is the 2000s in a nutshell
If you think politics is a battle of ideas and persuasion, this is not how you talk (or expect when you listen.)
This is how you talk (or expect to hear when you listen) when you believe politics is sports and your policies are playbooks.
This is how you talk (or expect to hear when you listen) when you believe politics is sports and your policies are playbooks.
Mike Johnson talks about the Republican "healthcare plan" like it's highly classified information: "We're not gonna be on a conference call explaining all our plans and strategies for healthcare reform, because they're leaked in real time."
November 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
If you think politics is a battle of ideas and persuasion, this is not how you talk (or expect when you listen.)
This is how you talk (or expect to hear when you listen) when you believe politics is sports and your policies are playbooks.
This is how you talk (or expect to hear when you listen) when you believe politics is sports and your policies are playbooks.
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No, I will NOT grow up, thank you very much! 😆
November 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
No, I will NOT grow up, thank you very much! 😆
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The pope said, "Touch mass."
November 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The pope said, "Touch mass."
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Paul Rudd doesn't let having kids get in the way of his dreams, okay
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Paul Rudd doesn't let having kids get in the way of his dreams, okay